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| - Myself and a small group of friends celebrated my Pre-birthday dinner at Steak 44 this weekend. Without going into a long song and dance about how fabulous this restaurant experience was, I'll re-cap my experience as the following (OK, it's going to be a long song and dance ..IJS):
1. Food - I had the Braised bone-in Short Ribs, which is one of my favorite dishes, when I can find it on a menu somewhere I normally order it, the meat was fork splitting tender (no knife needed), had just the right amount of sauce and was prepared spot on. Two of my guest had the 8oz Petite Filet Mignon, one had the crispy shrimp and the other had the prime steakhouse meatloaf, all of these dishes were sampled among the group at my table and were hits - the steak was prepared to perfection and the crispy shrimp (though an appetizer that comes in two sizes) had one of the best sweet thai chilies - garlic aioli sauces drizzled on them, that I've yet to taste anywhere else.
2. Side Dishes - My dinner guest all order a single side each so we had about 5 at our table. The sides that I believe were the best that we had were (in this order): Corn créme bruleé - This side reminded me of a combination of fried corn (my southern folks will know about this) and corn casserole it was baked with a caramelized drizzle of what I think was sugar on top , Dominick's potatoes - I'm normally not a fan of scalloped potatoes, but these potatoes with the combination of Gouda and Mozzarella were just so friggin' delicious, if they added bacon to this dish, I think it would be over the top. Honorable mentions for side dishes: Baked creamed spinach - it was OK, not one of my favorites, but then again, by the time I got to it the dish was a bit cool, so that may have skewed my likeness of it , the Mac & cheese - was passable, but could have used a little more cheese, next time I think I'll try the Lobster Mac & Cheese. Lastly, Roasted sweet potatoes - were a bit too sweet for my taste, and I love a good sweet potato, but these were not my favorite.
3. Service - The service was excellent, our waitress was very attentive and offered great suggestions regarding the food and wine. Our reservation was made on OpenTable, and I got a call 24 hours prior to confirm my reservation - an actual person left me a voice message! After our dinner the next day an actual person left me another message thanking me for dining at the restaurant. Best service I've gotten in a long time.
I enjoyed my dinner at Steak 44 and would definitely go back again, I mean that Lobster Mac & Cheese is calling my name!
Oh yea, be sure to try the Double Pound Cake for dessert.. Yum to the Tum! I promise.
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